Hearings to be held for Connecticut judges with terms expiring in 2012

January 19, 2011

Connecticut: In February, the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission will begin performance reviews for judges with terms expiring in 2012. In Connecticut, judges are selected using a Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection. After an eight-year term, judges must be reviewed by the Commission, renominated by the Governor, and reappointed by the Connecticut State Legislature.

Twenty-seven judges will be interviewed by the commission between February and June of this year. They are:

Richard E. Arnold John F. Blawie Patrick L. Carroll, III Edward J. Dolan Christina G. Dunnell Nina F. Elgo Michael Hartmere William Holden Frank A. Iannotti Burton A. Kaplan Richard M. Marano Grant Miller Edward J. Mullarkey A. Susan Peck

Eliot D. Prescott Michael E. Riley Thelma A. Santos Dan Shaban Kenneth L. Shluger Jorge A. Simón Elliot N. Solomon Hillary B. Strackbein Mark H. Taylor Bruce W. Thompson Theodore R. Tyma Elpedio N. Vitale Bradford J. Ward

Footnotes

Connecticut courts

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Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Connecticut • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Connecticut

State courts:

Connecticut Supreme Court • Connecticut Appellate Court • Connecticut Superior Court • Connecticut Probate Courts

State resources:

Courts in Connecticut • Connecticut judicial elections • Judicial selection in Connecticut